Ant-trap



J. L. STILLMAN.

No. 423,190. Patented Mar. 11, 1890.

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JOSEPH L. STILLMAN, OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. I

ANT-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,190, dated March11, 1890.

Application filed July 29, 1889. Serial No. 319,135. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

. Be it known that I, JOSEPH L. STILLMAN, of Fresno, in the county ofFresno and State of California, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Ant-Traps, of which the following is a specication Theobject of my invention is to provide means for protecting tables, safes,refrigerators, boxes, and all kinds of receptacles from ants or othercrawling insects; and it consists in the peculiar construction andarrangement of parts of an ant-trap provided with an annular or circularwater-trough designed to be applied to the legs or base of thereceptacle to be protected, as will be hereinafter-fully described withreference to the drawing, which shows a verticalcentral section of the'trap.

B is the base ot` the trap, which is formed with a circular trough O allaround the same, adapted to be filled with water or other liquid tointercept the passage of the ants, in which water a little alcohol,acid, or other chemical is preferably placed to keep the water frombecoming impure.

His a socket for a caster or roller. The central part of the base Bprojects above the trough, and is formed into a cup or tapering socketB', adapted to receive the leg of a table, safe, or other receptacle.Resting upon the rim of this socket is arranged a plate D, which hasupon its under side a boss or enlargement d, which its inside the socketto keep it from slipping, and is connected to the base B by means of acentral screw-bolt O. A A are screws adapted to fasten the plate D tothe bottom of a box, case, or other iiat-bot- ,tom receptacle having nolegs, and A' are screws adapted to fasten the socket B' tothe leg of atable, safe, or other similar receptacle. I am aware that a base havinga circular trough for water has heretofore been applied -to the leg of atable, dac.; but I do not know that such a device has been constructedwhich is universally applicable to receptacles which haveeither legs oriiat bottoms.

My invention is made thus universally applicable by means of the.detachable plate D and bolt O. When appliedl to any flat-bottom box orcase, the plate D is fastened by screws A to the bottom of the box, theplate being previously fastened to the 'base B by screw-bolt O. When,however, the device is to be applied to a table or other article havinglegs, the plate D is disconnected from the base B by unscrewing the boltO, and the table-leg 'is then stepped in tapering socket B', and istightly secured therein bythe screws A'.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 'lhe base B,having a circular trough O around the same, and a tapering socket B' atthe top, with screws A', in combination with the plate D,'having boss d,fitted to enter the tapering socket, the screws A, and the screwbolt O,connecting the plate D to the base B, substantially as shown anddescribed.

JOSEPH L. STILLMAN. Witnesses:

B. S. GURNEE, ROBT. LocHEAD.

